And my rug choice is.............

this beautiful Surya - Augusta Judson Woven Oriental Rug made in Egypt. I picked another one at first and my son liked it, husband didn't but I convinced him it would be okay. Then we were revisiting the rugs and saw this one and we both liked it. We think it is a nice compliment to the one on the wall that we bought in Turkey in 1998. Thanks to Khara at CSNRugs for allowing me to tell you all about the rugs at CSN Rugs. This was a really neat opportunity. :-)

Plus, I found rugs for other rooms in the house, so I'll become a "real" customer soon. Actually, I already have as I ordered a small braided rug and when it comes, of course, I'll show it to you and tell you my plans for it!

What a gorgeous day! and my rug is on it's way!!

Wow, this is a beautiful day here in Minnesota! Perfect temperature, around 70, I think, and a perfect breeze for hanging clothes on the line except that they are in the dryer because I don't have a clothesline! I did string some clothesline between two trees so that I could take pictures of quilts but that doesn't really work for hanging clothes. Nobody wants bugs and sap on freshly laundered towels and sheets. Later on, I'm going out to take a couple of photos of quilt tops that I'll share this evening. Right now, I am cleaning some windows, doing laundry and have almost every window in the house open so that I can feel the breeze and hear the birds sing. I stood at my kitchen windows and listened to the sound as I ate my lunch and I felt like I was in an aviary at a zoo. What a chorus they were! I'll be back later but right now, I am off to wash the entry floor so it's ready for that rug I chose from CSNRugs. According to the tracking info, it's only 30 miles away and so it should be delivered later this afternoon. I'll be sure to share a photo of that along with quilt tops later this evening. Later........
Sandi

A visit to Happy Joe's!

The past few days were really, really busy! Our son, Devlin and girlfriend, Stacia, came out for a visit and arrived Friday night. Devlin had a project he wanted help with and needed his "crafty momma" to help him. We got started on it that night and made our prototype. We were very pleased but I can't show you what we did until sometime in June and then I will post it as a tutorial. :-)
Stacia had the idea to go to Happy Joe's for lunch on Saturday and we would meet up with Collette (daughter), Daryl and Jacob. Great idea because it is really hard for all of us to get together now. Plus, I love pizza and especially a place where there is a pizza buffet!!! After our lunch, Jacob went in to play Skeet ball (or something like that) and then Grandpa gave him a lesson on how to get the ball in the holes for more points.










Jacob paid careful attention and you can see he's got just the hook needed to get that ball in there...........and yes, it was working! He got more points!!











Devlin and Stacia were playing some kind of pinball game and earning tickets that they gave to Jacob. I was new to this system but some of you probably know that you get tickets that you can redeem for prizes. Jacob is watching carefully as Stacia feeds the tickets into the ticket-eating machine. Jacob didn't spend his tickets that day but instead got a card that indicated how many were turned in and he can add more to it next time he visits. We all had a fun time and enjoyed the food and just getting caught up with each other!!!

We made a quick stop for some supplies for Devlin's project and Stacia picked up supplies for a class project she is working on. She is working on her Ph. D. at the Univ. of Minnesota and yes, the paper and chenille stems and colored foam pieces are all part of the project. I can't tell you what it is until after she takes it to her class.

This is Devlin working on the project we did together. Stacia is watching carefully as he drew up the final pattern template. We only had to tweek the prototype item just a bit. He has need for 15 of the items and he got them all cut out and I got started on my part which involved fabric and Heat 'n Bond lite fusible web. That's all I can tell you now as this has to be a surprise for the recipients and they will not get the items until early June.

One other thing kept me busy these past few days..........it was Kaiser. I'm not going to go into all the details but about three weeks ago he picked up some little bottle cap thing and started chewing on it and I couldn't get his mouth open to take it out. He kept chewing on it and eventually swallowed it. I told Steve what he did and he's eaten so many things that this was small in comparison. We forgot all about it. He started acting funny Thursday night, constantly wanting to go outside and eat grass which makes him throw up. And lo and behold, up came the bottle cap the next morning. He was acting pretty sick so we called the vet and he checked him out and gave him some Pepto Bismal and found no ill effects from the experience. He told Kaiser he probably should not eat "foreign objects"!! Kaiser was very subdued all weekend and slept most of the time. He was his old self by late this afternoon with nose in search of something to sniff or chew on!!

My last post was about CSN Rugs and their promotional offer. I think I have decided on the rug I'll choose. I'll e-mail the rep and will let you know after it's approved.

One last thing, my post the other day about frustration with blocks was because I simply do not do well when blocks involve triangles. And I seem to have an awful time with keeping my seams 1/4". I should probably buy a quarter inch foot for my sewing machine and I wouldn't have that problem anymore!!

That's all for now. We received much needed rain here and everything is turning green, green, green!!

Sandi